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You may not know it by name, but you've probably experienced "link rot." Well, what's just a minor inconvenience to most of us presents an immense challenge for archivists trying to preserve the record of life in the digital age, says @clare__stanton. cbc.ca/radio/spark/so…

@zittrain @RexDouglass @nytimes This gets worse for contemporaneous events such as elections where there is less reliable resources. In my dissertation on political discourse during 2012 election we identified that 3.4 percent of links had rotted within weeks following the election.

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